the number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million; 1,000,000,000 or 10
十亿
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a world population of nearly 5 billion 将近50亿的世界人口
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half a billion dollars. 五亿美元。
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〈非正式〉 大量的,无数的,亿万个
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our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now. 我们的免疫系统此刻正在杀灭亿万个细菌。
a billion pounds or dollars
十亿英镑(或美元)
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the problem persists despite the billions spent on it 尽管花了数十亿英镑,问题依然存在。
〈旧,主英〉 一万亿。
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billions of 数以亿计的;无数的
真题例句:
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